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We’re Hiring: Program Coordinator
Job Title: Program Coordinator FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt Job Type: 20 hours/week, Part-Time Limited with an anticipated end date in August 2019 Closing Date: Open until filled. Organization: Minnesota Alliance With…
Community Building Circle Training
Community Building Circles is an experiential 5 day training to introduce participants to community building circles. Circles are a traditional, cultural and spiritual practice. In this training, participants will experience the…
Alliance Strategic Framework
Dear friends, Over the past year, I’ve been humbled to lead the Alliance though an incredible process of exploration and reflection. Young people, AmeriCorps alumni, current partners, founding members, funders,…
Opening Up Her True Self
By Cesi Rasgado, AmeriCorps Promise Fellow serving at Minneapolis American Indian Center "One of the teens I have been working with used to hide her face with her hoodie and…
Alliance Annual Board of Directors Meeting
The Annual meeting of the Board of Directors of Minnesota Alliance With Youth will be held on March 15, 2018, 4:00PM - 5:00PM at the Minnesota Humanities Center, St. Paul,…
Restorative Practices Summit
GradMinnesota and the Solutions Not Suspensions Coalition invite you to participate in a Restorative Practices Summit on March 10, 2018, hosted by Laura Jeffrey Academy. Please join us in building a richer, stronger, and closer community…
“Kids Changing Systems” YouthPower Recommendations on Transportation Issues
On October 19, the GradMinnesota Advisory Meeting was held at St. Paul Youth Services to hear the perspectives of youth on GradMinnesota’s priority recommendation - Make Transportation Accessible to All…
Illustrated Essay: Positive School Climate and Restorative Practices
A positive school environment that is safe, welcoming, and inclusive is critical for student success. Exclusionary discipline policies such as suspension and expulsions have been shown to contribute to long-term…
Youth testimonials on Exclusionary Discipline Policies: Bridging Experience and Data
Minnesota has huge disparities in the application of exclusionary disciplinary policies. Black youth are 7 times more likely to be suspended or expelled than white students. Native youth are 6.5…
What is a “Bilingual Seal?”
By: Emily Kay, GradMinnesota AmeriCorps VISTA How many languages do you speak, read, and write fluently? In Minnesota, 8.3% of K-12 public school students are identified as English Language Learners. …